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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-06

List of Justices Of the Peace appointed
'or Halifax county, by the General As
ScmbIy at its session of 1897.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-06
LOCAL ITEMS.

HAPPENINGS IN AND AROUND
SCOTLAND NEIGHBOUR PEOPLE
AND THEIR MOVEMENTS.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-06
GENERAL.

At Lima, Ohio, lightning struck :
tank OF oil. in wh'c@ there were 35,
U9J barrels and get il on FIRE.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-06

The Wilson Mirror, Of Tuesda,
contained one sentence, in regard t.
Mr.. Lamal's Calhoun orat on, which
had 1892 words in it.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-06

The first annual meeting Of the
Interstate Farmers viii be at Spar
tanburg ). c., o. Aug >, ard Will
last five days. PeI-on> desiring
part cuIar, can get them ~ writing
to has, II. Carlisle of Spartan
huTu
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
GENERAL NOTES.

JAMES B. Dodge, the Oldest station
er5 in Pittsburg, Pa, confessed Judge
ment Wednesday for S23,70O.
DIR. BRIDGES, State Veterinary Surgeon
of Pennsylvania, says there is not a Lead
of stock in the state effected by pleurO-
pneumonia at the present time.
The Commercial Cable company an
nounces that it will positively reduce its
tariff to II cents word next Monday, if
an agreement is not perfected with the
competing companies before that time.
The output of flour at Minneapolis
during the past week was 139,620 barrels
against l21, ,17O barrels for the CORES
ponding week in 1856. Low water has
somewhat interfered operations.
The British war ship Wrangler has just
arrived at Halifax from the coast of
Africa. Its supposed mission is to assist
Canadian cruisers in looking after the
Yankee poachers.
The st. Paul Road will, on and
after Sunday, run four trains a day be-
tween Milwaukee and St. Paul, and the
running time will be reduced two hours.
A new tram will be added to the Chicago
Milwaukee service.
zen. CROOK does not believe that Colo
row, the Ute chisf, has more than twenty
followers in his present raid. The trgops
at Fort Duchesae, the nearest point to the
scene of the reported uprising, are being
held In readiness to move at moments
notice.
"DENNY' Wilcox, ten years old, of Cir
cinnati, is a hero. Monday evening he
was rowing in the Ohio river with a little
miss of eight, when their boat was cap
sized by the waves from a passing
steamer and both thrown into the water.
The lad swan to the girl, seized her by
the arm, and with one hand swan to the
shore,' saving the little girl as well as him
self.
REPORTS from various points through
out the west agree that recent rains came
too late to be of much value to the corn
crop. Dakota alone reports the condi-
tion of the crop above the average. Past
urage was revived by the rains, and fair
supply o. fall feed is anticipated. The
yield of potatoes is short on account of
the prolonged drought The apple crop
Is light. Cattle are improving in condi-
tion.
ASSISTANT United States Attorney Rog-
ers filed a complaint at Madison, Wis,
Wednesday, demanding the payment of
$4,000 by GaIbraith Bros, importers
of horses, of GAINESVILLE, for duties on
stock imported previous to July 2, 1897
The opinion of Judge Rogers is this
matter had been decided against by the
Acting Secretary of the Treasury, but
United States Attorney Bushn ell, concur
ed with his assistant, and the suit was
the result.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
THE LATEST TELEGRAMS
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

By fall of rock in the Lake Superior
mine at Ispheming, Mich, Wednesday
morning two men were killed.
De. n. A. ARCHRR, professor of hygene
in the University of Pennsylvania, was
drowned at Atlantic City yesterday.
FIRE at Burtis Bay, near jamestown
and six freight cars. Loss, $4,000; in
surance, $17,50O.
THREE men were killed and three others
fatally injured, Thursday, by falling 300
feet into the shaft of the Cleveland mine
at Ishpeming, Mich.
FRANCIS A. SCorT, who had been captain
of Company \, Fifty fifth Illinois Volun-
teers, was killed by train near Balti-
more, Md, Wednesday night.
AT Chautauqua Lake, n. Y, Tuesday
morning, ten large ice houses belonging
to Colonel c. w. Burtis, of Cleveland,
were destroyed by fire, involving a loss
of $4,000; insured for $1,000.
j. P. CODY, nephew of the famous
Buffalo BILL was bitten by mad cat at
Council Grove, Kan, six weeks ago.
Monday he was attacked by hpdrophobia,
and Is now in a very critical condition.
JIMMY WILSON, aged five died at Leb-
anon, Pa, from a Pistol-shot wound in
ficted Saturday evening by Hiram Boe-
shore, aged twelve. Boeshore says he
did not know the pistol was loaded. The
boys were playing together.
WALNUT, in the eastern part Of Potta-
wattomie County, Iowa, was the scene of
q most disastrous fire early Tuesday
morning. The Rock Island depot, three
large grain elevators, and other buildings
were destroyed. The loss will reach
100000 or $4,000.
An elevator, in which were eighteen
women, fell from the third floor of q.
Sidenberg d Co.'S building, in New York,
Thursday, causing the death of Mrs.
Jane Lynch and ihjuring many others
quite seriOusly.f
One night last February Patrick Der
kin, q wealthy farmer residing near Cas-
cade, Iowa, left neighbOr's house for
his own home. Nothing was seen of him
after that. Wednesday his headless and
dismembered trunk was found near a
creek 200 yards from his farm. A cor
Oner'5 jury returned a verdict of death
from accidental drowning"
ATTORNEY STEVENS, of the Toledo,
Peoria and Western Road, arrived at
Chatsworth, Ill, Monday, and said the
bridge had undoubtedly been fired from
sparks from the road masters engine
which passed over the line some hours be
fore the ill-fated excursion train. He
puts the fatalities at 7G, but that is not
accePed by the people of the village
where the awful wreck occurred. The
of the dead and wounded is
now conceded to have been done by pick
pockets ON the train. The funeral of
Miss Yaldejo took place at Peoria, Mon
Iuv
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
CRIME AND CRIMINALS

4 GRAND JURY has been called at Win
chester, Va, to receive testimony against
the mob that released Senator Riddleber-
ger. That gentleman is still in Jail.
STEWART JACKSON, President of the Des-
patch Transfer Company has disap
peared from Kansas City, Mo, and it is
saia he has with him about $4,000, which
he obtained by fraud.
Rock ISLAND, Ill, is OverruE with burg
lars and highwaymen, over whom the
police have no control. Tuesday night
two citizens were robbed in the heart of
the city, the daring deed being commit
ted As early as 9 o'clock.
Two MIN, named Harrison and Graham,
became involved into a quarrel IN the
Chickasaw uatio2, on Friday, which re-
suited in the fatal shooting at each and
son of Hdrrison's. The trouble arose
over the latter's refusal to consent to
Graham's marriage with his daughter.
Two inquests have been held on the
body of Mrs. Eliza j. Johnson, who was
found hanging from tree on her hus
bacd's farm near Beloit, Kansas, on the
ID inst. The first resulted in verdict
of suicide, the second in q verdict that
she was murdered by her husband, who is
held for examination of the charge next
Tuesday.
RICHARD SEAMAN SCorr, who in June,
1885, absconded with S160,OO0 belonging
to the Manhattan Bank of New York,
mas been heard from. He confessed his
guilt before United States Consul Gen
eral Waller, at London, and imp icate5
John r. Dunn, who has been arrested.
Suit has been commenced against the
latter for $4,000.
In 1858, Claiborne Vaughn. prominent
citizen of Cumming, Ga, was murdered
| by five men. They were sll found guilty;
| some were sentenced tolife imprisonment
others to the death penalty. One Zske
| Pettyioker escaped and made his way to
| the indian Territory. He has been recog.
/ nized there aud will be be taken back to
| the scene of his crime.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
Trading with kangareos.
Youths Companion.

An acquaintance of a certain Scotch
bailie made one day grievous com
plant to him concerning the hard times.
The bailie's own experience ran direct
ly contrary to these croakings, but he
knew too much of the world to attem OF
proving to the grumbler that his i'll sue
cess might result from his own qualities.
He contended himself with remarking
that it was surely possible for a trades
man to build up tolerable business.
Not in this country" his friend re-
peated.
"Weel, then" said the bailie, what say
ye to emigration? l have heard that
some push their way weel in Australia"
Yes" replied his desponding towns
man, that may be the case, once in a
day; but if there's business there's majr
folks to get share o't."
'Weel, it may be true; but ye might
gang farther-ye might gang up into the
interior"
There's naebody there but kang garoos," +"
objected the grumbler.
The worthy magistrate, concluded that
kangRroos were tribe of native savages.
with whom q careful peddler might make
an occasional good bargain, answered,
tolerantly: "Weel-a-weel, an isna a kan
garoo's siller as guid as snither man So"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26

ize the employment of troops to assist
the sherif's posse in arresting the frac-
tious Ute indians. General Crook, how
ever, has been instructed to take all nee
essary steps for the protection of the
settlers.
SECRETARY LAMAR, who purposed leav-
ing the city to-day, in hope of obtaining
some respite from the hay-fever, which
afflicts him annually, has postponed his
departure until Thursday next. Thele
are matters connected with his recent
far-reaching decision in regard to the
railroad indemnity lands which will re-
quire his attention in the meantime.
Secretary Lamar's departure will leave
Secretaries Bayard and Fairchild the only
representatives of the cabinet in the
city.
The forthcoming annual report Cf the
appointment division of the first Assist
ant Postmaster Generals Office will con
tain the following statement of changes
in postoffices of all grades during the
last fiscal year ended June 80. Number
of offices established, 3,043; appointments
on resIgnations and commissions expired
6,863; appointments on removals and
suspensions, 1854; appointments on
changes of names and sites, 1872; appoint
ments on deaths of postmaster, 5S9. The
total number of appointments of post
masters of all grades during the year was
1900. The total number of appoint
ments for the years 1886 and 1885 was
22,747 and 9,547 respectively, making a
total for the three years of 1913. The
total number of the postoffices of all
grades in operation on July l, 1887, was
rs l57
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
FOREIGN.

IoBEHR PAsuA, the slave trader, who
was recently released from imprisonment
at Gibraltar, has gone to Alexander.
THERE were seventy one deaths from
cholera i'll the northwest provinces of
India during June and July.
HURRICANE at Bordeaux, France has
destroyed vast amount of property.
During the storm two excursions col
lided at Archacon, seventeen persons be-
ing injured.
The result of the NOrthwich election
has had Il most depressing effect upon the
English Tories, and the GladstOnians are
correspJndingly elated.
RUSSIA has fted protest with the
porte against Prince Ierdinand's Occu-
pancy of the Bulgarian throne. The
Russian press ls savage in its denuncia-
tions of thc princes course.
PRINCE FERDIwAHD has refused the re-
quest of the foreign consuls at Philippe
polls for an unofficial interview. NJ. NJ
Randoslavof and TOntcheff decline to
form ministry.
SERIOUS deficits haze been discovered
in the Servian treasury by Il commission
appointed to investigate its condition
me property OF the late nnGnce minis
ter, NJ. PetrOvitch, has been sequestrated
by the state.
One thousand houses and two churches
were destroyed and three persons burned
to death in the great fire at Scutari.
Thousands of people are homeless. The
sultan heads a subscription for the relief
of the victims with $4,000.
THE Gladstoneans have captured an
other seat in parliament,-t that for the
Northwich division of Cheshire which
they carry by Il majority of 1854. At
the general election last year they were
defeated in this constituency by 433
votes. The tide seems to ba running
strongly against the Salisbury govern
ment all over England and Scotland.
The journal de st. Petersburg sayg
the view taken by the Berlin North Ger
man Gazette of Prince Ferdinand's mani
festo is clear and correct, and declares
the proclamation to be veritable act of
defiance and an exhortation to Bulgarians
to evade all their engagements. Prince
Ferdinand, it says, appears to have real-
lied that his rupture with public rights
is complete, and continues precipitately
and blindly in his path of adventure.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
They Captured the Gun.
New York Sun.

A sergeant belonging to the 5tn battal-
lion of rifles, which is stationed on the
French frontier, having got into q scrape,
and having the fear of the lookup before
his eyes, tripped lightly across the bound
AIRY line when he thought nobody was
looking, and, after walking a good mile,
turned lrto farm house to rest and re.
fresh himself. he had been perceived
by party of French youths, who no
ticed that he had carried his rifle away
with him. Convinced that this was one
of the new weapons, and that the soldier
intended to present it to Germany, the
young men stepped boldly across the
frontier, and keeping the deserter well in
view, followed him into the farmhouse.
They got into conversation with the
chasseur, and, after time succeeded in
persuading him to bring down his rife
from bedroom up stairs, in which it
had already been placed. Then the
youths, pretending that they were going
to drill for fun, made their way into the
farm yard. and, as soon as thev had Sc
cured good start, bolted. The dsserter
and the people of the farm rushed after
them, raising heu-and cry, and soon
regular hunt was organized, in which the
peasantry, the customs officials. and some
German officials who were passing by,
Joined. But the young men maintained
their advantage and got back into France
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
A Republican View of the Public Domain
Aattnr
New York Herald

1t is to be hoped for the sake of the
common sense and patriotism of the re-
publican party-and there is a good deal
of both in that party-that the Tribune
does hot represent its sentiments on the
plblic domain question.
Secretary Lamar issued 4 public docu-
ment which the Herald published in full
on Tuesday morning because it dealt with
q matter hardly second in national i'm
portance to the reduction of the surplus
The Tribune received the full text of this
document, but did not print it. 1t was
apparently unwilling TO admit that a
democratic administration finds that one
of its first and most difficult duties is to
check the wholesale robbery of the public
lands which was encouraged by the collu-
sion of republican officials.
On Wednesday morning, finding it no
longer possible to maintain its customary
silence, it entered an editorial plea in
favor of rich corporations and their cor
rupt methods. With an assumed ignor-
ence of fact. which have made every
honest settlers blood boil, it delivered it
self of glitterihg generality to the effect
that ''there is vast deal of cheap dema-
gogism current about the questio1 of
railroad lands. much of which is eminent
" discreditable.''
That is to say, when a railroad has
grant of the odd sections in q belt of
territory forty miles wide on. each
side of its track, and also its
choice of other sections in an
other belt of territory twenty miles
wide on certain conditions which it
does not even pretend to fulfil, aud the
government steps in after the conditions
have reU2ained unfulflled for nine years
and says: The settlers have some few
rights and are not to be kept out of them
forever" that is cheap 6euagogism."
When settler takes up one hundred and
sixty acres in an eligible situation and
a railroad com pany without sointiIla of
authority tries to kick the farmer off his
land and the government declares that
farmer has right on his side and that the
corporation must keep its hands of, that
is ''cheap demsgogism-" In other words,
when the government takes the side of
the poor man as against the railroad
company, the railroad having grant of
many millions of acres and the farmer
his arabic plet of one hundred and sixty
acres, that, according TO the Tribune is
| 'cheap demagogism.h
II the republican leaders think they
can afford to speer at the honest but poor
settlers of the great west, and count on
political success by Hcouragiug big syn
dicates TO fence in and steal the public
. domain fifty thousand acres at q time,
they viii find themselves nightly mistak-
en-. This question of land fobbery is
going TO be settled, and il Is going TO be
settled in the interest of Iaz and common
Justice. Never you fear for that. We
have at last an administration that means
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
SQUIBS.

Fashion notes-Coats and vests are nov
occasionally worn.
Some one says, the age of political
party may be told by its rings.
The fellow that gets into breach of
promise suit, if not caught at first. is
lass-sued at last.
Nine. Pauline Lucca has received the
medal for art and science from the Prince
Regent of Bavaria. Lucca woman.
Some of those collapsed coffee-specu-
lating firms in New York get mad
when they are asked, well, Java good
timer"
When it comes to girl eating ice
cream and drinking lemodade to build a
church, her patriotism is bounded bv a
very elastic corset.
A writer on political economy says:
'It's the little leaks that tell" Yes in
deed; little leak will give you away as
fast as an overgrown onion.
Ethel, DEAR" he asked tenderly, do
you believe in love in a cottage?" "Yes,
indeed" she answered enthusiastically,
if the cottage is at Long Branch"
Loafug's an airy bluebird,
Skimming the Summer fale;
Business Is poodle,
With tin can on his tail.
When the Lynn boys came home from
their hot weeks camping in Farmingham
the band played the appropriate air, "A
Boys Best Friend Is His Mother"
A King out of job: If ex- King Kala-
kaua will only consent to act as agent for
some corn and bunion eradicator, people
Will continue to say "See, the corn-cur-
ing hero comes!"
Mrs. Bagley-''I found an eel in the
milk pitcher after you left yesterday
morning" Milkman-"And eels 10 cents
pound! Well, it was my mistake, and I
shan't take cent for it,
The June bug disappears in June,
The lightning bug in May;
The ed-bug takes his bonnet off,
And says, "I've come to stay"
Muddled Gent-"Sar officer Chic), do
you know where John Williams lives?"
Offcer-Why, you're John Williams your
self" Muddled Gent-"Yes, 1 know (hic),
but VT ere does John Williams Iive?"
A young man painting on the Brooklyn
bridge, lost his footing and fell into the
river escaping with serious injury. Brodie
and the other professional bridge jun pers
are disgusted. What glory can they claim
for their feats when it is possible for
dauber to make leap by ac-
cident and come out or be dragged out
unscattered? To preserve their glory
they should have maintained a guard at
the bridge to see that no one fell off by
accident. We understand that the salar-
les of bridge jumpers have tumbled so
per cent, in the dime museums since the
painter tumbled.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
THE FIRST MUTTERlNGS.
Political Storm of 1888 Gathering on
the HOrizOn-CandidateS Appear.
Northern Democrats Propose the Name
of Bill Bradley for Governor.
Gen. Fairchild'S Movement for Grad
ed Pension Bill Meets Opposition.
STATE POLITICS

Bill " Bradley a Staunch Democrat But Not
a Politician The Tomahawk Boomer Boom
ed for Governor.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 23.-Democrats from
the north, who have been in Milwaukee,
lately, say that there is ground swell in
the political sea up that way. and that the
most unpracticed ear can detect the whis-
per of the waves to be: bill Bradley for
governor" The gentleman whom the
waves thus allude to by the common
place appellation of ''Bill'' is Mr. William
L. Bradley, whose home is in Milwaukee,
but whose heart at the present time is
supposed to be at Tomahawk, the thirty
ing town IN embryo which owes its incep-
tlon to his genius.
The firm of Bradley Bros, of which
William is the senior, is one of the heavi-
est lumber concerns in the country, and
owns vasttracts of virgin pine which it is
rapidly turning into lumber, and Incl
dentally opening up wilderness to set
uement William H. Bradley is man
IN the prime of life heavily built, and has
the look of a lumberman Just from the
health. giving forests. He is noted not
only for his success in managing opera
hons in the woods and on the rivers, but
also for far-seelng business sagacity and
enterprise. Quick to.discern an important
point and prompt to take advantage of it,
he is credited with being the originator of
the scheme by which northern Wisconsin
secures another railroad; and lumbermen
are to be saved by it and the Toma-
hawk dam from exposing their property
to the dangers of the Bull family of falls,
which RIM all the way down from grand
father and grandmother until the race
runs out.
Mr.. Bradley is a democrat, and has al
ways aided his party, without being
what is commonly denominaIed a politi-
clan; and observers say that there is a
strong prospect that the talk of nomin-
atlng him for governor, which has as
yet taken no decided shape, will eventu-
ally lead to the nomination being offered
him at the next democratic state conven-
ton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
The Levi RosenfeIa Will Probated.

CHICAGO, Aug, 22.-Tne will of the late
Levi Rosenfeld was probated 10 day. The
will is dated December 3, 1883, and gives
Maurice and Harry, the two sons, hand
some amounts in personal property and
fair share of the realty, but codicil
dated June 26, 1887, directs that all be
quests TO Maurice be revoked and that
all such be read as being made to his wife
and be free from all control of his
creditors. She is directed to pay over TO
him from time TO time such sums as are
necessary to maintain him in the station
10 which he had been accustomed, all TO
be free from cortrol by creditors. A
larger portion of the estate is left to his
widow, with numerous bequests to the
children, grand children and charitable
ipstitutjonz